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Before it became Childish Gambino material and an Arcade Fire music video, Black Orpheus was a pretty good movie. The 1959 Brazilian drama was a…

Kikagaku Moyo hail from Tokyo, but they might as well descend from Atlantis, Oz, and the Shire all at once. A mighty five-piece that blend…

It's hard to imagine a less of-the-cultural-moment movie than The Dirt, the story of Mötley Crüe's rise to fame and fortune. The 2001 book on…

When I think about Lil Peep, it's hard not to think about Kurt Cobain. Objectively, there are many similarities. Both were strikingly handsome young musical…

Though it wasn't their debut album, the Indigo Girls' 1989 eponymous release might as well have been, as it was the first thing most people…

It started with a Ferris wheel and ended with a rollercoaster. The ever-escalating excesses of big-budget concert touring have led us to Travis Scott's Astroworld:…

The first revolutionary shot fired from the '90s rock underground in the UK was explosive enough to dispatch a home stereo. The story goes that…

2019 might be some kind of cosmic turning point in the history of the Grammys: The first show where the conversation was more about who…

Could it have been any more obvious that the Grammys were desperately trying to do some serious image rehab this year? You don't drag out…

Even if you've never heard a note of Mayhem's music or don't listen to black metal, the abrasive subgenre they're credited with creating, you probably…

We don't know a whole lot right now, but here's what we do know: On Sunday night, US Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Sha…

When Kacey Musgraves released Golden Hour last March, she tapped into a seemingly bottomless well of critical hosannas. Yours truly was personally responsible for a…

Hello, loyal readers! We here at Stereogum have moved offices, making the grand exodus from a gathering of cubicles near Grand Central Station to a…

"Lindsay Lohan has been 18 for just under a week when she tells me her breasts are real. I did not ask (gentlemen never do),…

Like we always do at this time! The day that Coachella unveils its poster is one of the great holidays in pop music. Even if…